Sapporo Beer Garden, New Year’s Eve Wrestling

September 25, 2014

DDT, Big Japan, K-DOJO “SAPPORO BEER GARDEN WRESTLING 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. Beer Garden Specialty Opening Match: Kazuki Hashimoto & Soma Takao Vs Tiran Shisa & Kota Sekifuda
2. Beer Garden Specialty Drinking Match: Masa Takanashi & Takayuki Ueki Vs Jaki Numazawa & Saburo Inematsu
3. Beer Garden Specialty Blindfold Match: Antonio Honda Vs Abdullah Kobayashi Vs Yuji Hino
4. Beer Garden Specialty Revival! MEN’S CLUB Presents: MEN’S Teioh & Makoto Oishi Vs Shiori Asahi & Hiro Tonai (Special Referee: Danshoku Dino)
5. Beer Garden Specialty Now Leaders Vs New Leaders: Ryuji Ito, HARASHIMA & Kengo Mashimo Vs Ryuichi Kawakami, Akito & Ryuichi Sekine

Sapporo will get a taste of Beer Garden wrestling at the end of the annual weekend of Sapporo shows held by DDT, Big Japan and K-Dojo. And of course that’s not the only co-promoted show those companies will have this year…

“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2014”, 31/12/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament:

Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka
Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa
Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba
Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazuki Hashimoto
HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
Kengo Mashimo & Tank Nagai
Saburo Inematsu & Ryuichi Sekine
Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi
Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
Yuji Hino & Yuji Okabayashi
Daisuke Sekimoto & Danshoku Dino
TAKA Michinoku & X

The three companies return to Korakuen Hall on New Year’s Eve for the annual big bash. This year’s show is built around a one night tag team tournament. 16 teams compete with special rules in effect to ensure the matches are lightning quick. Every match in the first two rounds will have a 10 minute time limit. If time runs out the match goes to sudden death and will end with a one count pinfall. The semi final has the same rules but with a 15 minute time limit. The final has no time limit. There will be a playoff tree for the first two rounds but who faces who in the semi finals will be determined by a lottery.

The rules are similar to the singles tournament held last year. Sanshiro Takagi joked that next year they could do a trios tournament and continue adding an extra team member every year. TAKA Michinoku has not decided on a tag team partner yet.


“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2013 – WORLD UNIFICATION” Results

January 1, 2014

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“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2013 – WORLD UNIFICATION”, 31/12/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,194 Fans

1. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Ryuji Ito defeated Antonio Honda with the Dragon Splash (7:53).
2. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Shigehiro Irie defeated Kaji Tomato with the Flying Sausage (4:33).
3. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Shinya Ishikawa Vs Shiori Asahi ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
3a. One Count Sudden Death: Shiori Asahi defeated Shinya Ishikawa with a Backlside (0:54).
4. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Yuji Okabayashi defeated Ryuichi Sekine with a Power Bomb (5:23).
5. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: HARASHIMA defeated KAZMA SAKAMOTO with the Somato (8:18).
6. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Yasu Urano Vs Kazuki Hashimoto ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
6a. One Count Sudden Death: Yasu Urano defeated Kazuki Hashimoto with a Cradle (1:32).
7. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Masashi Takeda defeated Keisuke Ishii with a German Suplex (8:14).
8. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Kengo Mashimo defeated Ryuichi Kawakami with the Katana (7:35).
9. 4 Way Tag Team Fluorescent Light Tube Match: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Saburo Inematsu, MASADA & Masaya Takahashi and Takumi Tsukamoto & Danny Havoc when Kodaka pinned Takahashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop onto Fluorescent Lights (13:45).
10. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Quarter Final: Ryuji Ito defeated Shigehiro Irie with a Side Cradle (4:34).
11. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Quarter Final: Shiori Asahi Vs Yuji Okabayashi ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
11a. One Count Sudden Death: Shiori Asahi defeated Yuji Okabayashi with a Rolling Backwards Cradle (2:00).
12. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Quarter Final: HARASHIMA defeated Yasu Urano with a Cradle (4:47).
13. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Quarter Final: Kengo Mashimo defeated Masashi Takeda with the Mudo (8:27).
14. Danshoku Dino Produce Battle Royal: Atsushi Ohashi defeated Tsutomu Osugi and Hercules Senga by Ring Out (27:20).
Order Of Elimination: Ricky Fuji, Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa, Brahman Shu & Brahmn Kei, Kankuro Hoshino, Masato Inaba, Jaki Numazawa, KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda, Hiro Tonai, Som Takao, Dave Crist & Jake Crist and Tsutomu Osugi and Hercules Senga.
15. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Semi Final: Shiori Asahi Vs HARASHIMA ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
15a. One Count Sudden Death: HARASHIMA defeated Shiori Asahi with the Somato (0:27).
16. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Semi Final: Kengo Mashimo defeated Ryuji Ito with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (4:39).
17. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Final: HARASHIMA defeated Kengo Mashimo with the Swan Dive Somato (17:27).

Another year has come and gone as several Japanese wrestling companies joined together for the annual New Year’s Eve Wrestling show at Korakuen Hall. This year’s selling point was a one night tournament featuring wrestlers from DDT, Big Japan and K-DOJO. Each match that ended in a 10 minute time limit would go into sudden death where pinfalls only had to last a second for the match to declare a winner. HARASHIMA ended a strong year for himself by winning the tournament, defeating KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Yasu Urano, Shiori Asahi and finally Kengo Mashimo throughout the night. Abdullah Kobayashi made an appearance and congratulated HARASHIMA for winning. He joked “I’m the next challenger!” He then said he will wait until the summer for his return from illness.

Danshoku Dino provided a change of pace with an “Insanely Funny Game” Battle Royal. He had invited Sanshiro Takagi, Amon TsurumiEiji TosakaNikkan Lee, TAKA Michinoku and Tank Nagai down to ringside for a challenge. Takagi, TAKA and Tosaka had to sit down at ringside while Tsurumi, Nagai and Lee had to stand beside them with their mouths full of milk. It was up to Tsurumi, Nagai and Lee not to laugh and spit out milk onto the people sitting beside them. Needless to say, there milk was everywhere by the end as all of the different wrestlers in the match did what they could to make the milk drinkers laugh. Nagai still had some milk left in his mouth when the match was over. Dino asked him if he “liked TAKA’s milk?” and Nagai spat it out in laughter.

During the show, Samurai! TV announced their Occupation Of The Indies Awards for 2013. Isami Kodaka was the big winner, grabbing the MVP Award, Best Match Award with Shuji Ishikawa in Big Japan and Best Tag Team Award with Yuko Miyamoto. Kodaka beat out Kota Ibushi and Daisuke Sekimoto to win the MVP Award. DDT won the Best Event Award for “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”. Sanshiro Takagi was in the middle of having a shower during the ceremony and accepted the award with just a towel around his waist. He said he will continue to dominate that award every year. Masaya Takahashi from Wrestling New Classic was Best Rookie. He was surprised to win it so suddenly.

MVP Award
Isami Kodaka (Union)

Best Match
BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title – Culture of Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Isami Kodaka (BJW 04/11/2013)

Best Tag Team
Yankee Ni Cho Kenju (Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka)

Best Event
DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013” (18/08/2013)

Best Rookie
Masaya Takahashi (Wrestling New Classic)


The Three Organizations Strongest Tournament!

November 21, 2013

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“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2013 – WORLD UNIFICATION”, 31/12/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Ryuichi Kawakami Vs Kengo Mashimo
2. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Keisuke Ishii Vs Masashi Takeda
3. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Yasu Urano Vs Young Tournament Winner
4. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: HARASHIMA Vs KAZMA SAKAMOTO
5. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Yuji Okabayashi
6. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Shinya Ishikawa Vs Shiori Asahi
7. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Shigehiro Irie Vs Kaji Tomato
8. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Daisuke Sekimoto Vs Antonio Honda
9. Danshoku Dino Produce: Danshoku Dino Vs X
10. 4 Way Tag Team Fluorescent Light Tube Match: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Saburo Inematsu Vs Ryuji Ito & Masaya Takahashi Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & Danny Havoc

A one night tournament is the main focus of the annual New Year’s Eve super show. Five wrestlers from DDT, five from Big Japan and five from K-DOJO fill up the brackets. The final spot will be awarded to the winner of a mini tournament dedicated to the younger wrestlers. The Young Tournament will consist of two matches to be held in K-DOJO on 30/11. The matches will be Tetsuya Endo Vs Hiroshi Fukuda and Kazuki Hashimoto Vs Tank Nagai. The final will take place in DDT the next day. Yuji Hino was originally entered into the tournament but he has pulled out since he is still recovering from elbow surgery and will not be ready in time. Kaji Tomato takes his place.

The early rounds up until the quarter final will all have a ten minute time limit. The semi finals will have a 15 minute time limit and the pairings will be decided by a lottery. Sudden Death will be used for time limit draws. Wrestlers only need to pin their opponent for one second to win during Sudden Death. These rules were used by K-DOJO for a tournament they held earlier this year. The final will have no time limit.


DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2013 – YOUNG GENERATION BATTLE” Results

October 18, 2013

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2013 – YOUNG GENERATION BATTLE”, 14/10/2013
Sapporo Teisen Hall
125 Fans

1. Shinya Ishikawa & Akito defeated Ryuichi Kawakami & Tank Nagai when Akito pinned Nagai with a European Clutch (12:31).
2. 4 Way Match: Kaji Tomato defeated Soma Takao, Hiroshi Fukuda and Atsushi Ohashi when Tomato pinned Ohashi with the Red Eye (6:10).
3. Yuji Okabayashi defeated Osuma with a Boston Crab (8:33).
4. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazuki Hirata & Ryuichi Sekine defeated Takumi Tsukamoto, Keisuke Ishii & Marines Mask when Hashimoto pinned Mask with the PK (11:35).


“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2012” Results

January 1, 2013

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“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2012”, 31/12/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,058 Fans

0. Dark Match – Pro Wrestling Olympics Battle Royal: Amigo Suzuki defeated Chris Trance with the Mescal (3:40).
Other Participants: Jonathon Bader, Gabriel Wolfe, Negro Greco amd Chou-un Shiryu.
0. Dark Match: Mad Dog & Vixen defeated Cherry & Tetsuya Endo when pinned Endo with the Fire Bomb Combo (5:08).
1. Big Japan Vs DDT: Takao Soma defeated Kazuki Hashimoto with the Boma Ye (7:40).
2. Big Japan Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO: Shinya Ishikawa & Shinobu defeated Taishi Takizawa & Yuki Sato when Ishikawa submitted Sato with an Octopus Hold (9:44).
3. DDT Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO: TAKA Michinoku, Daigoro Kashiwa & HIROKI defeated MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi & Akito when Michinoku pinned Akito with the Michinoku Driver II (8:26).
Judo Challenge: Kankuro Hoshino defeated Yuki Sato.
Judo Challenge: Ayumu Honda defeated Gota Ihashi.
Judo Challenge: Michael Nakazawa defeated Bad Bones.
Quiz Challenge: Shigehiro Irie defeated Shinya Ishikawa and Kaji Tomato.
Karaoke Challenge: Ricky Fuji “RUN AWAY” (29.14 pts) defeated MIKAMI “Tsukema Tsukeru” (25:14 pts) and Ryuichi Kawakami “Another Orion” (23.14 pts).
4. Cinderella Title – Royal Rumble: Mototsugu Shimizu defeated Makoto Oishi with a Cradle (15:08).
Other Participants: Emi Sakura, Bambi, The Winger, Karate Brahman, Yasu Urano, Mame Endo, Ken Ohka, Ricky Fuji, Atsushi Ohashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga.
5. WHCTLC (Double Ring Hardcore Tables, Ladders & Chairs) Match: MASADA, Masashi Takeda & Hoshitango defeated Jaki Numazawa, Danny Havoc & Saburo Inematsu when MASADA pinned Inematsu with a Diving Elbow Drop (11:37).
6. Tag Team Gauntlet: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya defeated Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga, Tommy End & Michael Dante, Makoto Oishi & Hiro Tonai, Menso~re Oyaji & Golden Pine, Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie and Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi.
6a. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei eliminated Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki when Shu pinned Honda with a Horizontal Cradle (5:20).
6b. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei eliminated Menso~re Oyaji & Golden Pine by Ring Out (1:52).
6c. Tommy End & Michael Dante eliminated Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei when Dante pinned Kei (3:33).
6d. Tommy End & Michael Dante eliminated Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga by Ring Out (1:40).
6e. Tommy End & Michael Dante eliminated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie by Ring Out (3:12).
6f. Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi eliminated Tommy End & Michael Dante by Ring Out (2:29).
6g. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya eliminated Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi by Ring Out (0:13).
7. Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Ryuji Ito, Drake Younger & Ryuichi Sekine when Miyamoto pinned Sekine with the Fire Thunder (18:35).
8. Special Single Match: Osamu Nishimura defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with the Spinning Toe Hold (9:15).
9. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Hino & Shuji Ishikawa defeated Hiro Tsumaki, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Tank Nagai when Sekimoto pinned Nagai with the German Suplex (9:59).
10. Big Japan Vs DDT Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dino defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Yuji Okabayashi and Kengo Mashimo & Shiori Asahi when HARASHIMA pinned Asahi with the Somato (16:39).
11. Bonus Match – Falls Count Anywhere: Abdullah Kobayashi defeated Shiori Asahi with the Diving Bakachinga Elbow Drop (4:05).
Other Participants: Everyone else who was still in the building.

New Year’s Eve in Korakuen Hall was a very busy day with many different promotions getting together to celebrate the final hours of 2012. DDT, Big Japan and K-DOJO got together to celebrate the alleged 100th Anniversary of pro wrestling with Shiori Asahi and his fellow generation of wrestlers leading the way and booking the show. With two rings set up beside each other in the arena, there was plenty of space for some crazy shenanigans.

An Olympic Games style competition between the three companies took place throughout the evening with a large percentage of the box office on the line for the winning side. Not only were there points on the line in matches but other non-wrestling contests such as Judo, karaoke and a quiz were part of the competition. Unfortunately after the main event Shiori Asahi lost track of the results and a winner could not be decided. So a special bonus match took place, a sudden death Falls Count Anywhere free for all between all the wrestlers who were still in the building. Abdullah Kobayashi got the pinfall on Asahi and got to close out the show with a speech.

Hiroshi Fukuda faced a big challenge in the form of Osamu Nishimura. He used many tricks from American wrestling such as the trick handshake, the 10 Punch in the corner and using the ropes to choke his respectful opponent. However, the difference in skill and experience was far too much and Nishimura targeted Fukuda’s knee. He broke him down from there and submitted the young Fukuda with the Spinning Toe Hold. After that match, Nishimura told Fukuda he knew about his love of American wrestling, but the 70’s style of American wrestling that Osamu knows is more deep and interesting than the 80’s style that Fukuda obsesses over. Fukuda didn’t listen and was convinced Nishimura used magic to beat him. Fukuda thinks Nishimura is the best magician he has ever wrestled and that he himself will have to increase his MP (magic points from RPGs) to go along with his physical stength and wrestling technique.

Despite being left in a bloody state, Ryuichi Sekine said that wrestling in the Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match was a lot of fun.

Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi went into the Tag Team Gauntlet determined to win. They named their team GET MILD for the match and appeared to have won after they eliminated the dominant duo of Tommy End & Michael Dante. But a surprise came when the actual GET WILD team from All Japan made their entrance as a last minute final entry. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya quickly eliminated Takagi & Kobayashi to easily win the Gauntlet.


New Year’s Eve Wrestling 2012 – Full Card!

December 29, 2012

“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2012”, 31/12/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – Olympic Rules: X Vs X
0. Dark Match: Cherry & Tetsuya Endo Vs Mad Dog & X
1. Big Japan Vs DDT: Kazuki Hashimoto Vs Takao Soma
2. Big Japan Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO: Shinya Ishikawa & Shinobu Vs Taishi Takizawa & Yuki Sato
3. DDT Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO: MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi & Akito Vs TAKA Michinoku, Daigoro Kashiwa & HIROKI
4. Cinderella Title: Emi Sakura Vs Bambi Vs Mototsugu Shimizu Vs The Winger Vs Karate Brahman Vs Yasu Urano Vs Mame Endo Vs Ken Ohka Vs Ricky Fuji Vs Atsushi Ohashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Makoto Oishi
5. WHCTLC (Double Ring Hardcore Tables, Ladders & Chairs) Match: Jaki Numazawa, Danny Havoc & Saburo Inematsu Vs MASADA, Masashi Takeda & Hoshitango
6. Tag Team Gauntlet: Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga Vs Tommy End & Michael Dante Vs Makoto Oishi & Hiro Tonai Vs Menso~re Oyaji & Golden Pine Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi
7. Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Drake Younger & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto
8. Special Single Match: Osamu Nishimura Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
9. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Hino & Shuji Ishikawa Vs Hiro Tsumaki, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Tank Nagai
10. Big Japan Vs DDT Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO 3 Way Match: Yoshihito Sasaki & Yuji Okabayashi Vs HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dino Vs Kengo Mashimo & Shiori Asahi

The card for this year’s big finale for the independent puroresu feds is now set. Korakuen Hall will contain two wrestling rings for the show and a WHCTLC (which stands for Double Ring Hardcore Tables, Ladders & Chairs) Match has been booked to utilise both of them. Meanwhile parts of the card have an emphasis on the young generation. The semi-main event has Hiro Tsumaki from Union, Hideyoshi Kamitani from Big Japan and Tank Nagai from K-DOJO taking on the heavyweight aces of their companies Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Hino. Union’s Hiroshi Fukuda won a Samurai TV! poll to earn a match against Osamu Nishimura. We also have CZW and wXw appearances with Drake Younger, MASADA, Danny Havoc, Tommy End and Michael Dante all competing.

The other theme of the show is an Olympic Games style competition taking place between DDT, Big Japan and K-DOJO. Not only will points be on the line for each inter-promotional match but there will also be non-wrestling contests taking place throughout the night as well. Pre-show Olympic wrestling matches will also take place with the competitors yet to be decided.


First Matches For New Year’s Eve Announced, 3 Way Federation Tournament

November 23, 2012

“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2012”, 31/12/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Cinderella Championship: Emi Sakura Vs X
2. Special Single Match: Osamu Nishimura Vs Atsushi Ohashi or Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Big Japan Vs DDT Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO 3 Way Match: Yoshihito Sasaki & Yuji Okabayashi Vs HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dino Vs Kengo Mashimo & Shiori Asahi
4. DDT Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO: MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi & Akito Vs TAKA Michinoku, Daigoro Kashiwa & HIROKI
5. Big Japan Vs KAIENTAI-DOJO: Shinya Ishikawa & Shinobu Vs Taishi Takizawa & Yuki Sato
6. Big Japan Vs DDT: Kazuki Hashimoto Vs Takao Soma

A partial card for the 2012 New Year’s Eve supershow has been revealed. Shiori Asahi, Atsushi Ohashi, Hiroshi Fukuda and Kaji Tomato got together today to announce that this year’s event will be based around a three way tournament between Big Japan, DDT and KAIENTAI-DOJO. There will be a point system in place but how many points will be on the line for each match is so far unknown. Inspired by the Olympics held earlier in the summer, there will also be non-wrestling contests taking place throughout the show.

Osamu Nishimura’s opponent will be decided by a Samurai TV! survey. The survey will determine whether or not Atsushi Ohashi or Hiroshi Fukuda will be a suitable opponent for Nishimura. Ohashi said he should get the match because he is the “Bridge Ace” of Big Japan. Fukuda said he should get the match because the Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Champion is the perfect opponent for a man who is a “legitimate successor” of the AWA and NWA style of wrestling.

So far the only woman signed up for the Cinderella Championship match is Emi Sakura. The title has been hyped up to be more important than any of the championships from the three promotions. However, they haven’t been able to find any suitable wrestlers to compete against Sakura. Shiori Asahi said he is taking applications from the public for potential challengers.


Three Total Worlds, New Year’s Eve, Whose Anniversary Is It Anyway?

June 28, 2012

A press conference was held in Dropkick Bar today to announce a list of different shows taking place in Hakata Star Lanes on 16th December. Sanshiro Takagi was in attendence representing DDT along with Big Japan owner Eiji Tosaka and TAKA Michinoku of K-DOJO. Together they announced that on that day, Big Japan will host a show in the morning, DDT will hold a show in the afternoon and K-DOJO will put on a show in the evening. The series of shows will be held under the title of “Three Total Worlds”.

TAKA then invited K-DOJO wrestler Shiori Asahi into the room. TAKA said that this year will be Asahi’s 10th year in the wrestling business and that he should choose where the ring should be set up inside Hakata Star Lanes. Asahi suggested that they should set up two wrestling rings side by side. He believed that all three promotions are creative enough to come up with good ideas for matches involving two rings. TAKA then pointed out that this year will also be K-DOJO’s 10th Anniversary, which will make this show be even more special.

The talk soon turned to the annual New Year’s Eve show in Korakuen Hall. However, Takagi didn’t seem so eager to participate in this year’s event. He said that they have been doing the show for seven years straight and he has not been able to celebrate the holiday with his family ever since. Tosaka on the other hand said he is looking forward to doing it again. He also said it will be in time for either the 17th or 18th Anniversary of Big Japan. He couldn’t remember which one it was. It was also pointed out that this year is the 40th Anniversary of both New Japan and All Japan. Takagi then remembered that Korakuen Hall celebrated its 50th Anniversary this year too. And just when you think that was all there was to celebrate, Tosaka calculated that if you combine all of the participating promotions’ anniversaries, it adds up to 100 years. So it was decided that the New Year’s Eve show will be held to celebrate the combined 100 year Anniversary of Korakuen Hall and all of the participating promotions. If the double ring idea works in Hakata, they might repeat the concept in Korakuen.


DDT, Big Japan, K-DOJO & FREEDOMS Set For The Arena

September 15, 2011

BJW, FREEDOMS, K-DOJO & DDT, 03/12/2011
The Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Over the last decade, many Japanese wrestling promotions have realised that there is quite an international fanbase for their brand of pro wrestling. Talent exchanges and promotional relationships were formed as these promotions would branch out to new audiences from other corners of the globe. Companies of all sizes sent some of their promising young talent over to the American indy promotions to gain valuable experience necessary to take the next step in their careers when they would return home. Others would send some of their most accomplished wrestlers over to show exactly what they were capable of, introducing new styles and elements of pro wrestling to fans that they were never aware of. Ring Of Honor fans began paying attention to Pro Wrestling NOAH and Dragon Gate, Combat Zone Wrestling and Big Japan Wrestling satisfied a generation of blood thirsty fans with their violent feud while CHIKARA Pro created a bond with Dramatic Dream Team and Osaka Pro. With more and more fans around the world becoming exposed to puroresu, the Japanese companies began to branch out and host shows in other countries with Dragon Gate being the most active in the United States and the United Kingdom, although New Japan and NOAH have also found some success with the idea.

Now four of the most active indy promotions in Japan are joining together for a big trip to America. Wrestlers representing BJW, DDT, KAIENTAI-DOJO and FREEDOMS will head over to The Arena in Philadelphia during December to host a joint show in the infamous home of ECW. Not only that but the event will take place before CZW’s annual Cage Of Death show, so don’t be surprised to see the Japanese talent crossover to the black and yellow brand for one big night when two worlds collide.

The talent so far announced to travel over to The Arena are:

Big Japan Wrestling: Ryuji Ito and Jaki Numazawa

K-DOJO: Kengo Mashimo

FREEDOMS: Takashi Sasaki, Jun Kasai and Kamui

DDT: KUDO and Danshoku Dino


Ibushi & YOSHIHIKO Go Hardcore, Togo Homecoming Card

April 30, 2011

K-DOJO “GWSP6”, 29/04/2011
Chiba Blue Field
161 Fans

WEW Hardcore Tag Team Title: Kengo Mashimo & Ryuichi Sekine (c) defeated Kota Ibushi & YOSHIHIKO when Sekine pinned YOSHIHIKO with a Hardcore Body Press (24:40).
*V2 for Mashimo & Sekine.

Kota Ibushi & YOSHIHIKO joined forces and traveled down to Chiba Blue Field to take part in yesterday’s K-DOJO show (No confirmation on whether YOSHIHIKO got a window seat or was stored as luggage on the train ride over). They battled with Kengo Mashimo & Ryuichi Sekine over the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championships. As you can see by the name of the title, it was defended under Hardcore rules. YOSHIHIKO stole the spotlight with a balcony dive onto the champions. He also joined Ibushi up on top of a vending machine for a double dive when everyone brawled out of the arena. However, the challengers just couldn’t do enough to grab the win. Mashimo & Sekine turned the tables thanks to a ladder. The ending came when Sekine buried YOSHIHIKO under a pile of chairs, climbed the top turnbuckle and splashed onto his opponent.

DDT “WRESTLING MASTER FINAL COUNTDOWN ~ DICK TOGO LOCAL TRIUMPHANT RETURN MATCH”, 22/05/2011
Odate Citizen Gymnasium

1. MIKAMI VS DJ Nira
2. Hikaru Sato Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. HARASHIMA & Michael Nakazawa Vs Takao Soma & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
5. The Great Sasuke & Kesen Numajiro Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Danshoku Dino
6. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii

Hikaru Sato’s tournament run for the year continues to struggle. He and Kikutaro finished sixth out of seven teams in the AJPW Jr. Tag League. Their only victories in the tournament were over the teams of Super Crazy & BUSHI, and MAZADA & Super Hate. Hikaru claimed the wins in both matches, submitting Super Crazy with the Flying Cross Armbreaker and pinning Hate with a High Kick. Sato’s next tournament will be the King Of DDT where a shot for the KO-D Title at Sumo Hall will be on the line.